Since moving here in 2004, country has become pop music, and the amount of musicians flocking here is constantly growing. I fell in love with the amount of live music going on everywhere and the way the town supported music in general. I bumped into an old friend from NYC that was working on the local crew at the venue and he suggested coming to visit to check out the town. – The last show of the tour I did with Molly Hatchett was in Nashville.
How did you end up in Nashville and how’s the scene different now from when you first moved to town? Played with Molly Hatchett, Joe Lynn Turner and many others. Played on CD’s for Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, Damian Marley and received Grammy’s for Damian’s and Stephen’s CDs. Was musical director for Debbie Gibson and Taylor Dayne. I co-wrote “She Bop” for Cyndi Lauper’s debut album, toured with Lou Gramm (Foreigner) in ’87 and then Kiss from 87-92. – Well, I don’t know how quick it can be, but… the first “famous” artist I played with was Ian Hunter, and Mick Ronson, when Ian released “You’re Never Alone With a Schizophrenic” in 1977. Give us a a quick run-down of what you’ve done over the years. You’ve recorded and performed with numerous artists. And when the “Dave Clark 5” showed up, not long after, with the Vox organ, with the chrome legs, and reversed color keys, I was hooked. Then came the Beatles, and although they didn’t have a keyboard player, I knew right there, what I was going to do with my life. How come you ended up playing the keyboard? He soon stopped his lessons, and became my biggest supporter, and not too long after, my roadie.
and soon, my father could never get to the piano, because I would never leave the piano bench. I would go to his lessons with him, and at age 4, his teacher noticed that I was sitting in the corner listening, and when the lesson was over, I sat down a started playing the music that he was teaching my dad. Soon after, my Dad decided to buy a piano, and take some lessons, as a hobby. I spent most of my time there, sitting on the piano bench, picking out the melody’s, to popular songs. – As a young pre-school aged child, I spent a lot of time at an aunts house, who had a piano. When and how did you discover your passion for music?